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Message: [QUOTE="RSHERMVIKES, post: 4883786, member: 2251"] The following, IMHO, is how I look at greatness! As stated above some players lower their personal expectations to have the team reach unreachable heights! When a great HS player decides on what college to play for he/she decides WHAT that school needs to be successful and what she needs to be successful! When Shea Ralph came to UConn she was a very vain practice player and Geno and staff made her see how she can still lead the team and be a star player! When DT came to Storrs she was the best player on the team from the start (per Geno in an interview), but she had to learn how to MOLD her play to bring the best out of everyone else! How great a player is is determined by the talent she plays with! No one can convince me that DT could have set almost all offensive UConn records but became what UConn needed to win Championships! 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 was one of the most awesome examples of LEADERSHIP that I've ever seen! DT took average players and by her skills and her heart/will won 2 National Championships! Almost driving herself to a nervous breakdown (also per Geno in a past interview)! Caitlin Clark is a GREAT WBB player but she doesn't have the greatness around her for 4 years, so she must be 90% of her team's offense to win games and possibly a Championship! UConn players come to UConn to win National Championships not for individual glory, they check their egos at the door and work their hardest to get the most out of the TEAM! Again IMHO when a great HS player recruited by UConn chooses to go somewhere else, I laugh to myself that she doesn't want to work UConn HARD and wants the INDIVIDUAL glory more than winning a Championship! Her stated reason maybe I want to play closer to home, my best friend goes there, or whatever reason she can think of, but it takes a SPECIAL player/person to go to UConn! Ask any present or past UConn player and they'll say the practices are insane and harder than any opponent they'll face! The UConn staff won't let the players WIN in practice as they constantly raise the bar so there is very little chance of achieving the Goal! And Geno sets up drills of 3 on 5, 8 on 5, so it takes near perfection to achieve the goal! There is so much HS talent around nowadays but their is only a handful of that talent that could succeed at UConn! [/QUOTE]

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